L iliac ecc -L ilium. 



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9 inches long. L. longifldrum proper grows from 1 to 2 

 feet, has broader leaves and usually solitary flowers ; and L. 

 Wallichianum^ syn. L. Japonieum (of Don, not of Thunberg), 

 is a distinct robust form attaining a height of 4 to 6 feet, and 

 usually solitary very large yellowish-white sweet-scented flowers. 

 L. lonyiflorum and L. eximium are natives of Japan and China, 

 and are hardier than the others, 

 which are from the mountains of 

 India. 



4. L. Japonicum, Thunberg, syn. 

 L. odorum. An erect glabrous 

 species from 1 to 2 feet high with 

 from 1 2 to 20 scattered oblanceolate 

 5- to 7-nerved spreading leaves nar- 

 rowed towards the base, and 1 to 3 

 sub- erect flowers. Perianth 6 to 9 

 inches long, narrowed gradually to 

 the base, pure white tinged with 

 purple externally. Filaments 

 shorter than the perianth ; pollen 

 reddish-yellow. A native of China 

 and Japan. L. Brownii is probably 

 a luxuriant form of this with the 

 stem and flowers tinged with 

 purple. 



L. Nepalense is an allied Indian 

 species, and is very rare if still in 

 gardens. 



5. L. cdndidum (fig. 247). This 

 is the common White Lily of our 

 gardens, and one of the very oldest 

 in cultivation. It grows from 4 to 

 6 feet high with several pearly-white 

 flowers and yellow anthers. It is a 

 native of the South of Europe, and 

 hardy in this country. L. pere- 

 grlnum is considered to be a slender 

 form of this with rather smaller 

 flowers. There is a double-flowered 

 variety, and another, called atria- 



turn, has the flowers striped and spotted with purple. But the 

 most remarkable, though more curious than beautiful, is 



Fig. 247. Liliuin candidum. 

 (J nat. size.) 



